Biographical Sketch of James W. Goodwin, Lafayette County, Missouri
>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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James W. Goodwin, Middleton township. The subject of this sketch was
born in Rappahannock county, Va., February 1, 1834, and came with his
father, James Goodwin, to Marion county, this state, in 1839, where he
lived until the fall of 1847, when he came to Lafayette, where he has
since remained, and is one of the largest land owners in the county,
having some 1,600 acres of the finest land. He was married December 6,
1857, to Lucy A. Corder, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John
and Sarah Corder, who came to this county in 1840. By this marriage
they have four children: John G., Minnie, Sallie E. and Fannie; the two
oldest are married. Mr. Goodwin is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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